Aw how old is she? Maybe you can give her the option of celebrating on another date next year if it was a holiday conflict type of thing.
She's 7. We've always done it early, but since her bday is on a weekend we thought t would be neat do do it n the actual day. I think we'll go back to early.
My daughter's birthday is also on the 16th and we are having her party that day. We haven't recieved all the RSVPs yet, but so far the yeses are less than I expected. I hope your daughter has more friends who can come.